Pinon vs Whitecone

A side-by-side comparison of Pinon and Whitecone: population, income, housing, and more.

Pinon and Whitecone are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pinon has the higher population (1,183 vs 942 in Whitecone). Pinon has the higher median household income ($42,847 vs $28,500 in Whitecone). Whitecone has the higher median home value ($130,900 vs $105,900 in Pinon).

Population, income & housing

	Pinon	Whitecone
Population	1,183	942
Median age	29.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,847	$28,500
Median home value	$105,900	$130,900
Median gross rent	$579	$842
Housing units	456	390
Homeownership rate	44.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	26.9%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinon	Whitecone
Population	889 → 1,183 (+33.1%)	871 → 942 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$48,167 → $42,847 (-11.0%)	$17,344 → $28,500 (+64.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $105,900 (+17.7%)	$68,800 → $130,900 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	$459 → $579 (+26.1%)	$635 → $842 (+32.6%)

Pinon

Population

8891,183

Median household income

$48,167$42,847

Median home value

$90,000$105,900

Median gross rent

$459$579

Whitecone

Population

871942

Median household income

$17,344$28,500

Median home value

$68,800$130,900

Median gross rent

$635$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinon	Whitecone
Under 5	7.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.2%
75 and over	1.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinon	Whitecone
White (non-Hispanic)	2.7%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.4%	98.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinon	Whitecone
No high school diploma	21.6%	30.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinon	Whitecone
Drove alone	85.4%	67.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.6%
Public transit	1.1%	6.6%
Walked	4.5%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.3%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinon	Whitecone
1-unit, detached	79.6%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Pinon	Whitecone
Poverty rate	42.2%	58.0%
Average household size	2.88	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	18	49
Median year structure built	1988	1991